Original ‘Halloween’ Slasher Tony Moran Rips Rob Zombie’s Remakes

But if you do, expect a, ah, bloody earful—which is exactly what PSI-FI Para-Radio host Donna Stewart got this week when she welcomed Tony to the show.

When Donna inquires as to what Tony thought of 2007’s Rob Zombie’s Halloween, the actor says:

“I haven’t seen it—and I won’t. I won’t, won’t see it. I refuse to see it.

“I’ve heard that some people love it, and some people don’t care. But I just can’t stand that he did it,” Tony, who was paid $250 to portray Mike in the original 1978 flick (and who, incidentally, is the brother of Happy Days star Erin Moran) continues.

“When I heard he was doin’ it, it was like somebody stabbed me in the heart, you know? It was a horrible feeling.

“I was like, Oh, my god! Are you kidding me? I’m sure he loved [the original] Halloween, and I’m sure he wanted to revise it and do whatever he wanted to do.

...and 32 years ago, as psycho Mike.

“But I also know that he knows he’s gonna cash in. I mean, come up with your own stuff.”

Tony’s upcoming horror flick, Beg, finds him playing Jack Fox, “a burnt-out detective forced into early retirement as the worst serial killer since the Boston Strangler begins a killing spree through the streets of Salem, Mass.”